Soul in the Hole (1997)

Directed by

Danielle Gardner

Genre

documentary film, sport film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary follows a basketball coach and his team of teenage players in Brooklyn over one summer. It shows their games, their struggles, and their relationships on and off the court.

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What happens

Soul In The Hole is a 1997 documentary film about aspiring basketball coach Kenny Jones, his playground dream team "Kenny's Kings," the relationship between him and his players (particularly playground phenom 18-year-old Ed "Booger" Smith) and life in Brooklyn during the summer. It won the Independent Spirit: Truer Than Fiction Award (tied with Errol Morris' "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control") and was nominated for an International Documentary Association Award (IDA). Named Top Ten Gem by Premiere Magazine; twice-named Top Ten Film and called "...The best film made about basketball--and about growing up black, male and street..." by the Village Voice . Selected in competition or otherwise screened at the Rotterdam, Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Helsinki, Festival des Femmes, New Zealand and other international film festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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